MI SUM: MapInfo Pro Geometry Manager V1.0
Thanks to all for the info supplied. Overall, it seems that it is an industrial strength package that has been built from the ground up rather than an MB application, and it does its job quite effectively. I'll happily supply the emails (6) to anyone interested. ___ Regards ... John van Uitregt, GIS Analyst Logan City Council, Queensland, Australia Tel. 61-7-38265697 Fax 61-7-38080014 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.logan.qld.gov.au ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ** -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone used MI 6.0 yet?
Ladies Gentlemen, My company has a large installed base of users, both full installations and distributed run-time versions. We still use Mapinfo 4.1, although we have purchased a copy of each upgrade for evaluation. Each time, I have investigated whether it is worth our while upgrading the whole company to the new version. Are any of you surprised that we have not done so? There has been nothing in v4.5, v5 or now, it seems, v6 to justify the expense. Looking back at the WishList from a few years back, so few of these questions have been properly addressed. All text-objects are anchored top-left, why can't I fix each text-object at a different location (bottom,right for example)?; Lat/longs in d.m's" has yet to be fully implemented (even Encarta WorldAtlas does this); why can't I take a selection of text objects and itaicise them/rotate them/ in bulk?; why can't I copy/move objects but retain horizontal/vertical alignment?; why can't I seamlessly move from editing an object on one layer to an object on another layer? Curving text aling a polyline? Continuous line-styles (that don't stop/start with each line vertex) etc.etc. etc. MBX's have answered some specific questions, but the product itself seems stuck in a rut. A simple analogy from Autocad days might help to illustrate this point. Autodesk used to buy-up utilities produced by third-party vendors, fully implementing the code, seamlessly, into the next upgrade. I presume they paid the third-party vendors who could then move on to the next gap in Autocad functionality. With each upgrade, there was a real boost in functionality; the best of the third-party stuff, and Autodesk's own work; a real commitment to working through the User Group wishlist. If Mapinfo is ever to really challenge AV, or even keep clear of the clutches of smaller, faster-moving companies, it will have to be more responsive to it's user-base. It has been interesting reading the views of so many who use a number of mapping products. How many of you would ditch the others, concentrating on Mapinfo alone - if only Mapinfo v7 was a real and significant improvement that would genuinely justify the change in version number, produce better maps and be faster to use and easier to learn. But even if the improvement was less significant, how many of you would still buy Mapinfo; you wouldn't use it as much as you might, but Mapinfo would still register a sale. The best thing that's happenned to Mapinfo in this office since v4.1? Adobe's PDF writer. Connection to Mapinfo Corp. - None. I can only agree that a new version number for v5 and v6 seems like complete overkill. I despair of any step-change from Mapinfo. Regards, Brian Forrester Edinburgh [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CMYK -postscript with new MIprof6.0?
Is there a possibility to print a colour-seperated CMYK postscript-file with the new MapInfo 6.0 version? Where can I find these print-format-settings? would be great to get a hint. Horst -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI SUM - World Cities Database
Warren has made some very valid points regarding world gazetteers, and I hope that he will not mind some further comments from the point of view of the Global Gazetteer. All comments should, of course, be prefixed by IMO. 1) Strictly speaking, a gazetteer is simply a location look-up. It does not guarantee that, when visualised on a map, it will inter-match. e.g. Coastal places may be in the sea! It should do though. If the underlying boundary file is accurate, and the place point is specified with sufficient accuracy, then the two should match. If the point is only specified to degrees minutes, then clearly the margin of error (very approx. +/- .5 miles, but very dependent upon lat/long), may make the place appear to be in the sea. In general, though, I suspect that the problem lies with the boundary file, especially where this is derived without any adjustment from DCW. Accurate point data is available for many places, and, subject to typos, I would tend to go by this. 2) Many free gazetteers are not maintained but the world changes politically every year. A vendors history and commitment to maintenance is important to ensure one does not buy a dead-end product. Old Digital Chart of the World type gazetteers list Victoria instead of Harare - a change that happen a very long time ago! Agree 110%. We spend a great deal of time monitoring changes in the administrative structures of countries, and ensuring, as far as is possible, that these are reflected in the GG. Name changes, mergers etc are relatively easy to handle. The problem arises in coping with situations where a new province is carved out of parts of two existing ones. Where it is not possible to accurately reflect the new structure, then we tell potential customers. 3) Few gazetteers have a grading system to allow differentiation between "important" places and "less important". There is no unified population model for the world and combing straight statistics from national census agencies does not always gives an apples-to-apples comparison The concept of 'important' and 'less important' can be approached in a variety of ways, of which population is but one determinant. There are two very important things to remember: (a) importance is dependent upon the project, and (b) importance is a national characteristic. The implication of (a) is that what is important to a company wanting travel/tourism related places, is not so important for a company wanting to carrying out address checking [in both cases assuming a subset of the 4m places is required], or a an oil company wanting data geocoded. The implication is (b) is that pure ranked population should not be used to provide a list of the 'x most important places', since a place may be important in its national context (provincial capital), but quite small in population terms, so it would get omitted in a pure population basis. To this end, therefore, we includes fields such as the administrative function of a place; the type of place - many countries officially categorise places (e.g. Stadt or Gemeinde in Germany), but also including whether it is a major postal centre, or a tourist resort, etc; whether the place is the site of a port, airport, or railway station. All these fields enable us to select an important subset for a customer. This data can be combined to produce subsets, such as 'places over 50,000 population with a port or airport, and which are administrative centres, or 'the largest place in each telephone area code'. 4) In addition to place name and location, a good gazetteer will also provide rich attribute information. Administrative area will help ambiguous place name searches and will importance classifications. e.g. Troy, USA will have many matches but Troy, New York, USA will only have one. Coding systems like FIPS and ISO for data processing may also be important. Exactly why we include other fields such as telephone area code, official codes, height, area, CRESTA zone codes, LOCODES etc. Actually it is not necessarily true that 'Troy, NY, USA' will only have one match. It is true in this specific instance, but in NY, there are 2 Huguenots, 2 Kenwoods, 3 Jerichos. In Germany there are several instances of places having the same province, the same lat/long, the same postcode, but which are distinct places. I have not carried out a formal study, but my feeling is that name duplication within provinces is greater in non-English speaking countries. In these situations the other enrichment fields that we collect become important. One other point that Warren did not specifically address (although I know he has some of this information) is that of alternative spellings of place and foreign language versions Amburgo/Hamburg etc. We include many thousands of alternative names, including the foreign names (especially English, german, Russian, Polish), internal language versions (especially
MI True type fonts in Mapinfo
Hi, When I try to set my symbols, the list of fonts in the dialog box are limited compared what I have installed in my Window/Font directory. Is there a certain type of true-type fonts that Mapinfo only supports ? YC Nyon -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI datatype mismatch
Dear all Following my request last week for information regarding selecting text objects from a layout and deleting them I am following up having worked through the responses. From the responses I got (thankyou everybody) it was clear that I need to query the LayoutTab to select the items I wish to delete. Knowing this I searched through the archives and found some earlier correspondence from Scott Barling dated 11/01/2000 (day/month/year), that included a nice little bit of code which looked as if it will do the job for me. I added this code into mine and made a couple of amendments where I make selections, but on running it I get a "Datatype mismatch in expression" runtime error. Briefly, I have a table called testtable and in that table I have a field called reference. The variable S_Ref is the text item in the reference column. I have copied only the bits which I see as relevant to my problem: Dim S_Ref As String Dim Text As String S_Ref = test_table.Reference Text = S_Ref LayoutTab = WindowInfo(FrontWindow(), Win_info_table) Select * from LayoutTab where Str$(obj) = "text" * Select * from Selection where (ObjectInfo(obj, OBJ_INFO_TEXTSTRING)) = Text If SelectionInfo (SEL_INFO_NROWS) Then Delete from selection End If Upon running, within my Mapinfo layout all the text items select but then the text item which has string equivalent to the variable S_Ref does not select, it is at this point that I get the error message regarding datatype mismatch. (the line with the asterix) There is probably a very simple reason for this but I can't see it. If anyone can help please get in touch. Thanks Simon -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI True type fonts in Mapinfo
If a true type font is installed in Windows, it should be available as a text font, but not necessarily as a Symbol. I do not know what to do for MI to accept it as a symbol. But you can still use it by creating a text object of one character, typing the character code you need and selecting the text style of the "symbol" font. Such solution has many advanyages over the "accepted" symbols. It is not contrained in size at 48 pts. It can be angled. It remains proportionnate to the scale of the mapper. The drawbacks I know of are that the objects are not centered on a given position (position of text objects is by their anchor point = top left corner of MBR) and rotation is around that "excentric" point. Besides their size not being constrained, one must always check when creating objects that their point size is under control. I have used those features in an application (GRADARRO.mbx on our site) that positions, sizes and orientates arrows on point locations according to 2 variables similar to slope direction and intensity. I would not have been able to do so with "symbols". A ttf name FLECHE01 containing different straight arrow types is also available for download. But I would still wish to learn how to make MI recognize a TTF as a symbol font. Jacques Paris e-mailalternate [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] paris PC Consult (mainly MapInfo app.) www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nyon Sent: May 1, 2000 9:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI True type fonts in Mapinfo Hi, When I try to set my symbols, the list of fonts in the dialog box are limited compared what I have installed in my Window/Font directory. Is there a certain type of true-type fonts that Mapinfo only supports ? YC Nyon -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI need translator for Maptech bsb format files
To any Mapinfo users that use Maptech NOAA nautical charts: I am currently running Mapinfo 5.5 .I have purchased a set of NOAA electronic charts from Maptech, but cannot import the BSB format files as they are in a proprietorial format. Is there a translator tool that can be used with Mapinfo to translate these files to tif so that they can be read by Mapinfo ? Michael B. Strong Department of Fisheries and Oceans Gulf of Maine Crustacean Fisheries Section Biological Station St Andrews N.B. EOG 2XO ph: 506-529-5939 fax:506-529-5862 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI AND AV in the same office?
Margie, we linked to your public health GIS site from ours at http://www.rpmconsulting.com/PublicHealth.html As for the map server question, ArcIMS is the latest and greatest, but if all the geodata are in MapInfo format and I was used to the MapInfo programming environment I might stick with that. As for ESRI out-doing MapInfo on marketing, I think ESRI simply understands the needs of the educational user better and addresses them better. There are also other segments where ESRI excels (e.g. public health, government, transportation). But though my firm works predominantly with ESRI products, I've always felt MapInfo had far superior marketing to business users, and that ArcView is still not as productive as MapInfo or Atlas GIS for business use. But this is changing. To me, it's all good. It would be nice if we had one GIS format already, though -- or if at least the major products were all thoroughly interoperable on format. Atlas 4.0 is actually closest to this, as it can import and export MIF, SHP, BNA and AGF. -- Steve - Original Message - From: "Marjorie Roswell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Portolan Geomatics Inc" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:06 PM Subject: Re: MI AND AV in the same office? On Wed, 3 May 2000, Portolan Geomatics Inc wrote: Hello listers, hope I won't offend the hardcore MI users here...anyone seen Ms. Roswell lately? :) Yikes. I am missed. Cool. Some things I've been thinking about lately, while not managing to correspond with mapinfo-l: - Whether to ask MapInfo for a copy of MapXtreme, or ESRI for a copy of ArcIMS, or MapOjectsIMS. I intend to create a non-profit web site of bicycle routes. I was already turned down by DeLorme. They have a speedy-gonzales Eartha web mapping product, but apparently they use such optimized data (like RouteIMS) that you can't import custom data. I want whichever solution is easier for the programmer to implement, and whichever is faster, in that order of priority, I guess, but both would be nice. Which is a better product? - I'm planning to use Flash with MAPublisher and Illustrator to implement some web mapping. I was very impressed by the Baltimore Sun's look at Handgun legislation. Click on the United States graphic on the right-hand lower side of http://www.sunspot.net/news/special/guns/ I think this is beautifully implemented, and faster, and more responsive than ANY GIS-on-the-web solution I've ever seen before. I intend to create an animation of the spread of Lyme Disease. - A couple of months ago I created http://hello.to/healthgeo, a web site of links devoted to Health Geographics Well, that's what's up with me on the mapping, and maps-on-the-web front. Thanks for noticing my "absence." Regards, Margie "Still-a-MapInfo-User-after-all-these-years" Roswell P.S. My campus has a site license for ESRI products. I do feel a tidal wave push in that direction, especially because of effective marketing by ESRI. I mean, at the local GIS conference last week, I was carrying a bag with ESRI's name on it. MapInfo should, indeed, take a few tips from ESRI, on both user-interface, and marketing fronts. _ Marjorie Roswell, Spatial Analyst UMBC Center for Health Program Development and Management 1000 Hilltop Circle Fx: (410)455-6850 Baltimore, MD 21250 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: (410)455-6802http://umbc.edu/~roswell/mipage.html _ -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Labelling defaults
I have a table with a series of columns, one with place name and one with the map code for each area. As of right now, MI automatically labels the table with code #, but I would like it to be switched to name as the default.( both columns are Character but only code was indexed originally). I've tried indexing the names column, moving it ahead of the codes column...same results. Can anyone offer a solution?? application/ms-tnef
Re: MI need translator for Maptech bsb format files
There is a program called WorldReg Plus that allows you to open BSB files in MapInfo. The web page of the company is http://members.aol.com/MapData/software.html "Strong, Michael B" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 05/08/2000 08:26:17 AM To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Dan Page/HullOttawa/PCH/CA) Subject: MI need translator for Maptech bsb format files To any Mapinfo users that use Maptech NOAA nautical charts: I am currently running Mapinfo 5.5 .I have purchased a set of NOAA electronic charts from Maptech, but cannot import the BSB format files as they are in a proprietorial format. Is there a translator tool that can be used with Mapinfo to translate these files to tif so that they can be read by Mapinfo ? Michael B. Strong Department of Fisheries and Oceans Gulf of Maine Crustacean Fisheries Section Biological Station St Andrews N.B. EOG 2XO ph: 506-529-5939 fax:506-529-5862 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI RE: Labelling Default
OK-thanks!! -Original Message- From: Francois Bergeron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 1:59 PM To: Swayze, Natalie: WPG Subject: Re: Labelling Default Hi again Nathalie, Yes, I understand..but this is the solution. Dont click in the check box option (Auto Labelling) and then use your labelling tool. It will works!! Let me know if you have any further questions! Ciao!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Francois, But I was looking for the names to be used as a default when the labelling tool is used ( i.e. not the Auto labeller within Layer control)... -Original Message- From: Francois Bergeron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 1:48 PM To: Swayze, Natalie: WPG Subject: Re: Labelling Default Hi Nathalie! You have to go in the Layer Controlselect the "Label" button and then select the column you want by default in the "Label with" Popup Control. Click OK/OK and it will works!! Hope this help!! Best Regards, ___ ||// François Bergeron || //Conseiller en Géomatique || // [EMAIL PROTECTED] || \\ || \\ Le Groupe KOREM Inc. ||\\ http://www.korem.com Formation MapInfo: http://www.korem.com/formation.html MIG!! www.mig.ca 680, Boul. Charest Est Québec (Québec) CANADA G1K 3J4 ___ -- ___ ||// François Bergeron || //Conseiller en Géomatique || // [EMAIL PROTECTED] || \\ || \\ Le Groupe KOREM Inc. ||\\ http://www.korem.com Formation MapInfo: http://www.korem.com/formation.html MIG!! www.mig.ca 680, Boul. Charest Est Québec (Québec) CANADA G1K 3J4 ___ application/ms-tnef
Re: MI need translator for Maptech bsb format files
Use the WorldReg program. I will allows you to load directly BSB format + it will save you the image registration process. Contact: web: http://members.aol.com/MapData email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best Regards, Steve Iris Marine Press of Canada 640 St-Paul West, Suite 300 Montreal, Qc H3C 1L9 Canada Tel:(514)866-8342 Fax:(514)866-9050 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI What about topology?
Hello everybody, though working with MapInfo for a while, I just recently subscribed to the mailinglist - and I already have a question. I hope someone can give me a hint! Im am supposed to use Mapinfo for network planning and documentation purposes (glassfiber-networks in telecoms), i.e. it is necessary to answer questions like "which is the shortest route between switch a and b?" or "which cables or fibers and switches lie between customer x and service provider?" etc. As far as I know MapInfo, this is not supported by the standard version, because the building of topology is necessary for that (like ESRI's ArcInfo provides it). So what shall I do? How can I build topology in MapInfo (after digitizing?), or how else can I answer the above example-questions? I am looking forward to your answers! Sven Kllen (Germany)
Re: MI AND AV in the same office?
In what way does ESRI respond to public health? I am at a loss - I have seen their presentations, etc but not ONE deals with anything that has anything to do with public health (surveillance, assessment, program evaluation) . Perhaps I am wrong, show me the way. Dick Hoskins [EMAIL PROTECTED] GIS uses in public health summer course: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/inpho/gis/course.html - Original Message - From: "Steve Lackow" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Marjorie Roswell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 11:31 AM Subject: Re: MI AND AV in the same office? Margie, we linked to your public health GIS site from ours at http://www.rpmconsulting.com/PublicHealth.html As for the map server question, ArcIMS is the latest and greatest, but if all the geodata are in MapInfo format and I was used to the MapInfo programming environment I might stick with that. As for ESRI out-doing MapInfo on marketing, I think ESRI simply understands the needs of the educational user better and addresses them better. There are also other segments where ESRI excels (e.g. public health, government, transportation). But though my firm works predominantly with ESRI products, I've always felt MapInfo had far superior marketing to business users, and that ArcView is still not as productive as MapInfo or Atlas GIS for business use. But this is changing. To me, it's all good. It would be nice if we had one GIS format already, though -- or if at least the major products were all thoroughly interoperable on format. Atlas 4.0 is actually closest to this, as it can import and export MIF, SHP, BNA and AGF. -- Steve - Original Message - From: "Marjorie Roswell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Portolan Geomatics Inc" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:06 PM Subject: Re: MI AND AV in the same office? On Wed, 3 May 2000, Portolan Geomatics Inc wrote: Hello listers, hope I won't offend the hardcore MI users here...anyone seen Ms. Roswell lately? :) Yikes. I am missed. Cool. Some things I've been thinking about lately, while not managing to correspond with mapinfo-l: - Whether to ask MapInfo for a copy of MapXtreme, or ESRI for a copy of ArcIMS, or MapOjectsIMS. I intend to create a non-profit web site of bicycle routes. I was already turned down by DeLorme. They have a speedy-gonzales Eartha web mapping product, but apparently they use such optimized data (like RouteIMS) that you can't import custom data. I want whichever solution is easier for the programmer to implement, and whichever is faster, in that order of priority, I guess, but both would be nice. Which is a better product? - I'm planning to use Flash with MAPublisher and Illustrator to implement some web mapping. I was very impressed by the Baltimore Sun's look at Handgun legislation. Click on the United States graphic on the right-hand lower side of http://www.sunspot.net/news/special/guns/ I think this is beautifully implemented, and faster, and more responsive than ANY GIS-on-the-web solution I've ever seen before. I intend to create an animation of the spread of Lyme Disease. - A couple of months ago I created http://hello.to/healthgeo, a web site of links devoted to Health Geographics Well, that's what's up with me on the mapping, and maps-on-the-web front. Thanks for noticing my "absence." Regards, Margie "Still-a-MapInfo-User-after-all-these-years" Roswell P.S. My campus has a site license for ESRI products. I do feel a tidal wave push in that direction, especially because of effective marketing by ESRI. I mean, at the local GIS conference last week, I was carrying a bag with ESRI's name on it. MapInfo should, indeed, take a few tips from ESRI, on both user-interface, and marketing fronts. _ Marjorie Roswell, Spatial Analyst UMBC Center for Health Program Development and Management 1000 Hilltop Circle Fx: (410)455-6850 Baltimore, MD 21250 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: (410)455-6802http://umbc.edu/~roswell/mipage.html _ -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI What about topology?
Sven Köllen wrote: Hello everybody, though working with MapInfo for a while, I just recently subscribed to the mailinglist - and I already have a question. I hope someone can give me a hint! Im am supposed to use Mapinfo for network planning and documentation purposes (glassfiber-networks in telecoms), i.e. it is necessary to answer questions like "which is the shortest route between switch a and b?" or "which cables or fibers and switches lie between customer x and service provider?" etc. As far as I know MapInfo, this is not supported by the standard version, because the building of topology is necessary for that (like ESRI's ArcInfo provides it). So what shall I do? How can I build topology in MapInfo (after digitizing?), or how else can I answer the above example-questions? Hi Sven! Surf to www.ospinsight.com and check out their software OSP Insight. That is all you need. Mats.E -- ::: :Email/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#9517386 : :-: :Mail/ GISKRAFT, Mats Elfstroem, Vaepplingv 21, SE-227 38 LUND, SWEDEN: :Phones: +46 46 145959, +46 70 595 3935 : ::: -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI How do you enter a question???
Bill: I visited this site -- but can't find any button that allows you to enter a question. Am I missing something??? Thanks, Dan -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Running MapMarker from MapBasic
Someone help !!! Step 1 - I currently run a MapBasic script that loads a file into a MapInfo table. Step 2 - Then I run MapMarker and Geocode that table to the street level... with fallback to zip code. Step 3 - Lastly... I run a second MapBasic script to process that table against various maps to create a output file for our use. What I want to do is have ONE MapBasic script to run. That way it ... loads the file... geocodes... and creates the output file all in one. This way other NON MapInfo/MapMarker people in my office just have to click on the MapBasic script and wait for the output file to be created. I have heard about API calls etc... but, I'm not a programming GURU. So, someone out there must have a MapBasic script already written that I can just paste into my current process (with some name and directory modifications on my part), that will complete the task I'm looking for. Maybe not... But I figure someone has thought of this before :-) ??? Awaiting the wealth of knowledge out there think of it as some small way to help serve your country since this is a process to help the Air Force Recruiting distribute leads to recruiters in a more timely manner. I have the two other MapBasic scripts available if anyone needs them to help me out. Gregory S. Agen GREGORY S. AGEN, SMSgt, USAF NCOIC, Recruiting Production Analysis COM: (800) 223-1784 ext. 70147 DSN: 497-0147 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MOBILE: (912) 396-5011 MOBILE E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PAGER: (800) 856-6122 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone used MI 6.0 yet?
(Please delete this long-winded diatribe if you are not into spirited debate) My two dollars As an old-time MapInfo Pro desktop application user, I understand some of the frustration with MapInfo spending more and more energy on their MapX line, seemingly to the detriment MI Pro users. But I must admit I've heard many of these same complaints before- when MapInfo decided to move development efforts away from their bread and butter DOS product and devote more resources to developing on "that silly Windows platform". In order for MapInfo to thrive, it must be ahead of the curve when it comes to new technologies and platforms. The reason MapInfo is as strong as it is today is because 10 years ago they "bet the farm" on the idea that computing would be ruled by graphical user interfaces. Their main competitor at the time (ArcView didn't come out until a few years later) was Strategic Mapping (Atlas GIS), who didn't embrace the new GUI paradigm until it was too late...and we all know what happened to them. In addition, it could be argued that the only reason MapInfo made a dent in ESRI's market share at all was that MI was the only GUI mapping application in existence for several years. The Internet and rapidly expanding broadband access represent another major paradigm shift that is changing the way people use computers, similar to how Windows (and of course the Mac) opened up the power of computing to a whole new class of non-technical users 10 years ago. In order for any software to be successful over the long term, it must be in the business of predicting how people will interact with computers several years into the future. It seems the MapX product line represents MapInfo's response to what it believes is the next generation of information technology. While obviously the move towards internet-based mapping now and the move to the Windows platform 10 years ago are not strictly analogous, I believe the concepts still apply. MapInfo must devote much of it's time into making sure it is in position for the next wave of "distributed" applications. This means more developers working on MapX/MapXtreme type technology, leaving less developers for the maturing MapInfo Professional technology. (And in a micro sense, within MapInfo Pro itself more attention will be given to newer technologies, such as 3D mapping, internet connectivity, etc., and less towards tweaking the interface) Now I don't think anyone believes MapInfo Pro is being abandoned anytime in the near future, but if you look ahead 5 years from now most experts envision that many if not most computer applications will be internet/service based. Imagine if you will a MapInfo Pro level "service" that you sign up for and use over the Internet through your browser, without installing or downloading anything on to your local hard drive except your own data. In regards to pricing of MI Pro and its upgrades, that is a business decision that can be argued over until every one is blue in the face. The more money MapInfo brings in, the more developers and support people (i.e. MapWorld magazine editors) can be hired, which is better for all of MapInfo's product line. However the higher the prices, the more certain users will be "priced out" of buying MI products and upgrades; Which leaves a market niche open for lower priced alternatives (such as Manifold, Maptitude, etc.) to enter the picture. Each individual user has to decide for his/herself whether the extra money needed to purchase a MapInfo product or upgrade is worth it given the alternatives. But one must keep in mind that just as successful software companies must keep an eye toward the future, we users must be sure that the technology we invest in today will still be relevant down the road. (Anyone thinking of buying a copy of Atlas GIS? It only costs $295...) In theory it is possible that a company like Caliper is so efficient that it can make money building and maintaining a MapInfo Pro quality desktop product for a sub $500 price tag while still getting itself ready for the next generation of information technology. If it can achieve this feat consistently and over the long term then the marketplace will reward it, and we might all be chatting on Maptitude-L in five years. However until this business model is proven, I believe the bulk of desktop mapping users will "dance with the one who brung 'em." Feel free to argue, Chris Chris DuBuc Sage Software VP Florida Operations Authorized MapInfo Reseller [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dick Hoskins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bill Thoen [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 3:06 PM Subject: Re: Anyone used MI 6.0 yet? I might augment your predictions a little: I suspect that the average MI user is getting tired of cosmetic upgrades that cost $500. Much less, many of us are not real nuts about MapExtreme, the big price tag and the profound lack of ease in
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Dear Mapper, We are GIS Consultant located in Bali-Indonesia, we have a problem and want to ask you for the answer. Our problem as follows :We have a Places of interest layer and a street layer, then we want to make a program with MapBasic to check how many ways to get some place and which is the sorthest way to that place. For example :We have two places call A and B in Places of interest layer, and there are some street we can choose to get place B from A. What should we do to make an application that able to solve the problem. Thank you so much for your attention. Best Regards, AlitPT Ganeshaglobal SaranaPh: (062) (0361) 723872Fx: (062) (0361) 723871e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]et.id
Re: MI Christopher DuBuc's Anyone used MI 6.0 yet? message
Chris, Thanks for that. You have consoliated many ideas that have been spinning around my head as I move my company towards its next business model. In other words, my current mapbasic programming (particularly the ideas behind it) will most likely need to be ported to the internet somewhere down the track. However, that said, MapInfo needs to be aware that much of its present desktop mapping client base are angry both at being taken as "stupid" and at being thought of as "milking cows". MapInfo corp needs to be aware that it exists for its clients and not the other way around. Other than spatial and aspatial compatibility with other systems, MapInfo has added very little useful/meaningful functionality since its initial windows release. Historically I have been a great proponent of Mapinfo. I used it as a postgrad, integrated it into university teaching now use it centrally in my business. However, MapInfo's failure to provide "meaningful" upgrades has dented my confidence in the software and has forced me to re-evaluate my relationship with it. I for one am very much looking forward to evaluating Manifold V 5.0 when it is released. From what I read, this is a product that is looking towards the next generation of GIS use, rather than, as you suggest MapInfo is doing, simply making existing MapInfo functionality available on the internet ie. more of the same but using a different provider model. Regards, Ian Allan Christopher DuBuc wrote: (Please delete this long-winded diatribe if you are not into spirited debate) My two dollars As an old-time MapInfo Pro desktop application user, I understand some of the frustration with MapInfo spending more and more energy on their MapX line, seemingly to the detriment MI Pro users. But I must admit I've heard many of these same complaints before- when MapInfo decided to move development efforts away from their bread and butter DOS product and devote more resources to developing on "that silly Windows platform". In order for MapInfo to thrive, it must be ahead of the curve when it comes to new technologies and platforms. The reason MapInfo is as strong as it is today is because 10 years ago they "bet the farm" on the idea that computing would be ruled by graphical user interfaces. Their main competitor at the time (ArcView didn't come out until a few years later) was Strategic Mapping (Atlas GIS), who didn't embrace the new GUI paradigm until it was too late...and we all know what happened to them. In addition, it could be argued that the only reason MapInfo made a dent in ESRI's market share at all was that MI was the only GUI mapping application in existence for several years. The Internet and rapidly expanding broadband access represent another major paradigm shift that is changing the way people use computers, similar to how Windows (and of course the Mac) opened up the power of computing to a whole new class of non-technical users 10 years ago. In order for any software to be successful over the long term, it must be in the business of predicting how people will interact with computers several years into the future. It seems the MapX product line represents MapInfo's response to what it believes is the next generation of information technology. While obviously the move towards internet-based mapping now and the move to the Windows platform 10 years ago are not strictly analogous, I believe the concepts still apply. MapInfo must devote much of it's time into making sure it is in position for the next wave of "distributed" applications. This means more developers working on MapX/MapXtreme type technology, leaving less developers for the maturing MapInfo Professional technology. (And in a micro sense, within MapInfo Pro itself more attention will be given to newer technologies, such as 3D mapping, internet connectivity, etc., and less towards tweaking the interface) Now I don't think anyone believes MapInfo Pro is being abandoned anytime in the near future, but if you look ahead 5 years from now most experts envision that many if not most computer applications will be internet/service based. Imagine if you will a MapInfo Pro level "service" that you sign up for and use over the Internet through your browser, without installing or downloading anything on to your local hard drive except your own data. In regards to pricing of MI Pro and its upgrades, that is a business decision that can be argued over until every one is blue in the face. The more money MapInfo brings in, the more developers and support people (i.e. MapWorld magazine editors) can be hired, which is better for all of MapInfo's product line. However the higher the prices, the more certain users will be "priced out" of buying MI products and upgrades; Which leaves a market niche open for lower priced alternatives (such as Manifold, Maptitude, etc.) to enter the picture. Each individual user has to decide for his/herself
